Here's The Full Roster For Super Smash Bros.

The new Super Smash Bros. is out for 3DS in Japan, which means that we now finally know the full roster of characters that will appear in the upcoming Nintendo mascot fighter, from Mario to [SPOILERS].

Well, really, we knew the full roster last month. When it leaked. But now we can definitively say that, short of any obscure hidden secrets or downloadable additions, we have the full list of Smash characters both new and old. For your convenience, we're breaking them all down here.

That's all of them. 49 characters, from all eras and ages of gaming. It's a pretty solid roster, complete with much-requested additions (Mega Man!) and one insane surprise (Duck Hunt Dog!).

Let's break this down.

Returning characters:

Mario

Luigi

Princess Peach

Bowser

Yoshi

Wario

Game & Watch

Donkey Kong

Diddy Kong

Link

Princess Zelda

Sheik

Ganondorf

Toon Link

Samus

Zero Suit Samus

Pit

Marth

Ike

Kirby

King DeDeDe

Meta Knight

Fox

Falco

Pikachu

Lucario

Jigglypuff

Charizard

ROB

Ness

Captain Falcon

Olimar

Dr. Mario

Sonic

That's a total of 34, though two of those -- Sheik and Zero Suit Samus -- were just transformations in previous Smash games. One, Charizard, was part of the Pokémon Trainer's army in Brawl but is now a standalone character.

Characters missing from this list include Ice Climbers, Lucas, Snake, Mewtwo, Pichu, the Pokémon Trainer and his other two critters, Roy (also MIA in Brawl), Wolf, and Young Link (who was replaced by Toon Link a long time ago).

New characters:

Rosalina

Bowser Jr.

Palutena

Robin

Little Mac

Greninja

Duck Hunt Dog

Villager

Wii Fit Trainer

Dark Pit

Lucina

Shulk

Mega Man

Pac-Man

Mii

That's 15. More if you consider all the possible variations on the Mii. Plus, Robin can be a man or a woman, Bowser Jr.'s alternate costumes are the seven Koopalings (Roy, Iggy, Lemmy, Larry, Morton, Wendy, Ludvig), and Duck Hunt Dog is the goddamn dog from Duck Hunt.

We'll update this post if/when Nintendo adds more characters to the lineup. Super Smash Bros. is out for 3DS in October, and Nintendo promises that it's coming to Wii U this Christmas.

I'm kinda hoping they've left open the possibility of DLC characters. Imagine the money that could be made if additional, potentially infinite DLC characters could be added via Amiibos... Not likely, but a cool idea nonetheless.

You'd have to pre download it and use the Amiibo to activate it. There is no way they could hold that much information. And then you'd probably get people just using their phones to activate the NFC. Much more likely is paid DLC for characters and stages.